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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Achillea millefoliumYarrow, Boreal yarrow, California yarrow, Giant yarrow, Coast yarrow, Western yarrow, Pacific yarrow34
Achyranthes bidentataNiu Xi23
Aconitum carmichaeliiJapanese Aconite, Carmichael's monkshood02
Allium ampeloprasumWild Leek, Broadleaf wild leek53
Allium porrumLeek, Garden leek42
Allium sativumGarlic, Cultivated garlic55
Allium sativum ophioscorodonSerpent Garlic55
Allium ursinumWild Garlic53
Allium vinealeCrow Garlic, Wild garlic, Compact onion, False Garlic, Wild, Onion32
Ammi visnagaVisnaga. Khella. Bishop's Weed, Toothpickweed15
Angelica laxiflora 01
Angelica pubescensDu Huo23
Angelica sinensisDang Gui - Dong Quai - Chinese Angelica05
Artemisia capillarisYin Chen Hao13
Artemisia scopariaRedstem wormwood12
Asclepias tuberosaPleurisy Root, Butterfly milkweed, Rolfs' milkweed, Indian Paintbrush33
Astragalus membranaceusHuang Qi05
Astragalus mongholicusMongolian Astragalus03
Capsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's Purse32
Chamaemelum nobileChamomile, Roman chamomile25
Cnidium officinale 12
Collinsonia canadensisStone Root - Horse Balm, Richweed03
Consolida regalisLarkspur, Royal knight's-spur03
Coptis chinensisHuang Lian03
Coptis deltoidea 02
Crataegus laevigataMidland Hawthorn, Smooth hawthorn, English Hawthorn35
Crataegus monogynaHawthorn, Oneseed hawthorn35
Crataegus pinnatifidaChinese Haw33
Crataegus pinnatifida majorChinese Haw43
Dioscorea villosaWild Yam24
Dorema ammoniacumAmmoniacum03
Eleutherococcus senticosusSiberian Ginseng25
Ephedra equisetinaMuzei Ma Huang, Ma huang14
Ephedra gerardianaMa Huang, Gerard jointfir24
Ephedra intermediaZhong Ma Huang14
Ephedra majorMa Huang14
Ephedra sinicaMa Huang, Chinese ephedra14
Epimedium grandiflorumBarrenwort, Bishop's Hat, Longspur Epimedium23
Epimedium sagittatumYin Yang Huo23
Eucommia ulmoidesGutta-Percha13
Eupatorium perfoliatumThoroughwort, Boneset, Common boneset03
Euphorbia pekinensisDa Ji03
Fagopyrum esculentumBuckwheat43
Gelsemium sempervirensFalse Jasmine, Yellow Jessamine, Evening Trumpetflower, Carolina Jasmine04
Hedera helixIvy, English ivy, Algerian ivy, Baltic Ivy, Common Ivy03
Hedychium spicatum 12
Hyssopus officinalisHyssop23
Ilex pubescens 02
Leonurus japonicus 03
Ligusticum wallichiiChuan Xiong03
Lycium barbarumGoji, Box Thorn, Matrimony vine43
Lycium chinenseChinese Boxthorn, Chinese desert-thorn43
Matricaria recutitaGerman Camomile15
Mentha aquaticaWater Mint33
Mentha x piperita citrataEau De Cologne Mint, Eau de Cologne Mint, Peppermint22
Mentha x piperita officinalisWhite Peppermint35
Mentha x piperita vulgarisBlack Peppermint45
Nelumbo nuciferaSacred Water Lotus, Sacred lotus43
Passiflora incarnataMaypops - Passion Flower, Purple passionflower, Apricot Vine, Maypop, Wild Passion Flower, Purple Pa33
Phellodendron amurenseAmur Cork Tree, Chinese Corktree13
Phellodendron chinenseChinese Cork Tree03
Polygonatum cyrtonema 02
Polygonatum kingianum 02
Salvia fruticosaGreek Sage, Greek oregano23
Salvia officinalisSage, Kitchen sage, Small Leaf Sage, Garden Sage45
Sassafras albidumSassafras, Common Sassafras53
Scrophularia buergerianaBuerger's Figwort02
Scrophularia ningpoensis 03
Tanacetum partheniumFeverfew, Matricaria25
Tilia x europaeaLinden, Common Lime53
Trachelospermum jasminoidesStar Jasmine, Confederate jasmine02
Vinca majorGreater Periwinkle, Bigleaf periwinkle, Myrtle, Large Periwinkle, Big Periwinkle03
Viscum albumMistletoe, European mistletoe13
Zanthoxylum bungeanum 23
Zanthoxylum schinifoliumPeppertree22
Zanthoxylum simulansSzechuan Pepper, Chinese-pepper, Prickly Ash32
Zea maysSweet Corn, Corn53
Annona muricataSour Sop43
Argania spinosaArgan Tree, Spiny Argania, Morocco Ironwood42
Cecropia peltataTrumpet Tree, Snakewood, Congo pump, Wild pawpaw, Pop-a-gun33
Pausinystalia johimbeYohimbe05
Pausinystalia macrocerasFalse johimbe05
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